Largest US IPOs (based on total proceeds raised)
  Company Name Ticker Underwriter Industry Spinoff Deal Size* (in $ billions)
1 Visa V J.P. Morgan Financial-Misc Services No $17.86
2 AT&T Wireless Group AWE Goldman Sachs Telecomm-Cellulr Yes $10.62
3 Kraft Foods KFT Credit Suisse Food-Misc Yes $8.68
4 United Parcel Service UPS Morgan Stanley Transpt-Shipping No $5.47
5 CIT Group CIT Goldman Sachs Financial-Consumer Loans Yes $4.60
6 Conoco COC Morgan Stanley Oil/Gas-U S Integrated Yes $4.40
7 Blackstone Group L.P. BX Morgan Stanley Financial-Investment Mgmt No $4.13
8 Travelers Property Casualty TAPa Citi Insurance-Prop/Casualty Yes $3.89
9 Goldman Sachs Group GS Goldman Sachs Financial-Investment Bkrs No $3.66
10 Agere Systems AGRa Morgan Stanley Telecomm-Equip Yes $3.60
11 Charter Communications CHTR Goldman Sachs Media-Cable TV Yes $3.23
12 Lucent Technologies LU Morgan Stanley Telecomm-Equip Yes $3.03
13 Prudential Financial PRU Goldman Sachs Insurance-Life No $3.03
14 MetLife MET Credit Suisse Insurance-Life Yes $2.88
15 Infinity Broadcasting INF Merrill Lynch Media-Radio/TV Yes $2.87
16 Genworth Financial GNW Morgan Stanley Insurance-Diversified Yes $2.83
17 Fox Entertainment Group FOX Merrill Lynch Media-Cable TV Yes $2.81
18 MasterCard Incorporated MA Goldman Sachs Financial-Misc Services No $2.40
19 Pepsi Bottling Group PBG Merrill Lynch Beverages-NonAlcoholic Yes $2.30
20 Agilent Technologies A Morgan Stanley Elec-Misc Products Yes $2.16
21 KPMG Consulting KCIN Morgan Stanley Bus Services-Misc Yes $2.02
22 Genuity GENUX Morgan Stanley Telecomm-Svcs Yes $1.91
23 Verisk Analytics VRSK BofA Merrill Lynch Bus Services-Misc No $1.88
24 Principal Financial Group PFG Goldman Sachs Insurance-Life No $1.85
25 Assurant AIZ Morgan Stanley Insurance-Diversified Yes $1.76
* Deal size (listed in $ billions) is calculated by multiplying the offering price by the total number of shares offered to the public. Source: Renaissance Capital and RenaissanceCapital.com